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Trim Your Waistline with the Ultimate Low-Carbon Footprint Diet
Rodale Press
March 2009
On Sale: March 17, 2009
320 pages
ISBN: 1605299898
EAN: 9781605299891
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Self-Help Fitness
Over the past 20 years America has been steadily marching
toward a diet that is more drenched in fossil fuel than any
key nutrient. Experts estimate that it now takes roughly 7
to 10 calories of fossil fuel energy to bring one calorie of
food energy to the American plate. Not only have our eating
habits turned us into an increasingly overweight society,
but the alarming truth is that our food choices are having
as much of an impact on the planet as the cars we drive. Go Green Get Lean is the perfect eating plan for our time.
Revealing easy-to-follow steps anyone can take to eat for a
healthy body and planet—and drop up to 9 pounds in the first
2 weeks—Kate Geagan helps readers see the questionable value
of “convenience” foods, and explains why going green doesn't
require a drastic vegan overhaul. Because there are many
nutritional benefits to be drawn from some non-plant-based
food choices, she points readers to the best selections,
including occasional splurges they can enjoy in good conscience. In learning to make truly LEAN choices, Kate offers the
following straightforward formula: Before eating food, ask
yourself: Local or global? What was the Energy used to bring
it to my plate? (Include processing, packaging,
transportation, and temperature of food.) Animal or plant?
(Plant foods are greener.) Is this Necessary? (Is this food
critical to my health and weight goals?) This trailblazing
work—the first to offer a specific weight-loss plan along
with the promise of a lowered carbon footprint—makes it
possible for readers to help the environment and their
waistlines at the same time.
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